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vigorous companions have passed away.
What are known as the sweetest cher
ries, mainly the hearts and bigarreaus,
are more susceptible of disease in some
form than the morellos, and as safe
guard they should be planted on rather
thin, light soil, with little fertiliLing
matter applied in after years. Mineral
food is decidedly preferable, especially
some form of potash, but avoid at all
times rich stable manure. As stirring
the soil is an incentive to growth, it is
best to omit this as much as possible in
the vicinity of cherries; and rs a tough
sod retards growth, this should be en-
couraged close around the trees.
Managing Kicking Horse.
The american Cultioator gives the fol-
lowing directions for preventing vi
cious horse from kicking while in the
shafts:
A kicker is dangerous piece of prop
erty, and when the habit is confirmed it
will be better to consign the subject to
the horse-car stables. The habit can
sometimes be broken up by the following
method: Take small cord about two
thirds the 81 e of mans little finger
and twenty feet in length; double it;
place the centre upon the topof the head,
back of the ears, bring down on each
side of the face, place the cords in the
animals mouth and cross them, bring
them up between the eyes, cross again,
and slip both ends through small ring
or loop and carry the ring down to the
point where the lines cross between the
eyes so as to hold them in place. Have
two small rings sewed to the headstall
about two inches apart, and one ring an
inch or so in diameter fastened to the
backstrap of the harness at the point
where the hipstraps pass through. The
latter can be slipped over the cruppcr
against the hipstraps, which will keep it
from slipping forward. Pass one end OF
the cord through each ring on the head
stall, bring the ends together, carry
them along the neck, pass them under
the saddle, extend them along the back
and through the ring over the hips, then
bring one end down to the right shaft
and the other to the left, and fasten Sc
curely to the shafts, leaving slack enough
so the animal can travel easily. When
rugged in this manner every attempt to
kick will bringa strong pressure upon
the cords crossed in the mouth and divert
the attention of the frisky subject.
Experimental Pig-Feeding.
Experiments in feeding swine at the
Ohio Experiment Station were under.
taken to solve the following points: /.
To produce flesh at least expense; 2, to
produce flesh most rapidly, expense not
being considered; 3, to produce most
edible meat, time and expense not to be
considered. The record shows that early
in March eight pigs were selected and
penned as follows: Pen, 1, two Berk-
shire and one Poland China; Pen 2, two
Poland China and one Berkshire; Pen g.,
two Berkshires. The food consisted of
the following: Pen Cheap food), corn
meal cooked with twice its weight of
skinned milk, giving a nutrit:re ratio
Of :15; Pen 2 Crap;d fattening), pea
meal cooked with twice its weight o.
skinned milk, giving a nutritive ratio
of :2.6; Pen (for lean meat), equal
parts corn-meal and pea-meal cooked
with an equal weight o.. whole milk, CIV
ing nutritive of l $50.
The director of the station states the
continuance and the outcome of the ex-
perlments to have been that, in the nine
ty-two days of feeding those in Pen /
gained 443 3-4 pounds; in Pen 2, 435 1-2
pounds; in Pen 3, 3O4 1-2 pounds. Those
fed upon corn-meal and SKINNED milk
gained in flesh the most steadily. BY
dividing the experiment into two sec
tions of forty-two days each (for con.
venience in calculation, leaving out the
eight days in the middle), it was found
that much the larger part of flesh was
laid on during the first half of the
trial.
The outcome and conclusion arrived
at are stated below:
The cost of food to produce one pound
of flesh in cents was:
Penl. Pen2. Pen 8.
First forty-two days. SO 9Sj
Last forty-two days. ..6.4 9.lS l5.OI
At the average price per pound paid
for swine for slaughtcring, it is seen that
during the early part of the trial, and
with the first ration only, was tho feed
ing profitable. The second ration pro-
duced flesh but little more rapidly, and,
taking the whole trial, produced less
than did the first ration, although the
former was designed for that purpose:
Whether the object sought by the third
ration was accomplished could not be
told without slaug ghtering the animals.
For this purpose the pigs were oil
slaughtered at the close of the expert
ment, and the parts weighed separately,
and, with the carcass of one pig from
each pen, the lean meat and fat were
separated to determine the per cent. of
each. In the following table are shown
the per cent. of lean meat in ham, shoul-
der, and side:
Hams. Shoulders Sides. The Parts.
Pen l.. .63.9 GA S4.1 IS. 13
Pen Pen 2. SIS sl:s SaS 5000
Pen 3. .56.1 sos 25.9 ALI
The corn meal and skinned milk was
found more valuable for the production
of lean meat than the ration selected
specially for this purpose. Not only did
it cost less to produce it, but larger
quantity was produced in given time.
In this experiment the corn meal and
SKINNED milk proved the best ration for
all the purposes for which the expert
ment was undertaken.
Farm and Garden Notes.